How to write “Joan or Joanne” in Korean
조앤 jo-aen
What Korean friends call you
- 조앤아 jo-ae-na — a friend calling out to you (never to someone older)
- 조앤 씨 jo-aen-ssi — polite: someone you just met, or at work
Calling someone, Koreans add 아 after a final consonant and 야 after a vowel.
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Korean spellings of Joan
- 조앤 39 (57%)
- 조안 29 (43%)
Korean labels of 68 people named Joan on Wikidata (English-speaking countries), October 2026. Wikipedia leans to the official spelling.
Well-known people named Joan or Joanne, as Wikidata writes them in Korean (November 2026):
- Joan Crawford — 조앤 크로퍼드
- Joan Fontaine — 조앤 폰테인
- Joanne Woodward — 조앤 우드워드
- Joan Collins — 조앤 콜린스
57,157 babies were named Joan in the US from 1960 to 2025, the 746th most common name.
Block by block
- 조 = ㅈ + ㅗ · 4 strokes
Also in 조: Joshua 조슈아 · Joseph 조셉 · Jordan 조던
- 앤 = ㅇ + ㅐ + ㄴ · 5 strokes
Also in 앤: Andrew 앤드루 · Anthony 앤서니 · Diane 다이앤
조앤 takes 9 strokes in all.
More names: Maureen 모린 · Selena 셀레나 · Alisha 알리샤 · Graham 그레이엄 · Neil 닐
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